Five Categories of Media

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Five Categories of Media

• Web-Based Technologies
• Computer-Managed Learning Systems
  (non-Internet-Based)
• Teleconferencing Technologies

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Five Categories of Media (continued)

• Cable and Broadcast Television
• Videotaped-Based Instruction

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Cable and Broadcast Television
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Cable and Broadcast Television

• Refers to educational programs that are
  videotaped and broadcast via cable and public
  broadcast television. These systems may be used
  to create learner-centered (asynchronous)
  learning environments for a large number of
  geographically dispersed learners. Courses that
  are broadcast via cable networks are sometimes
  referred to as telecourses.

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Factors to Consider

• Advantages
• Broadcasts via cable and public broadcasting
  service
• Adapts to varied content areas
• Provides closed-captioned viewing for the
  hearing impaired

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• Advantages (Continued)
• Allows educational programming that can be
  videotaped by the participant and reviewed when
  convenient
• Provides tremendous outreach to many individuals
  at the same time
• Scalable (can be used for small or large learning
  environments)
• Allows ease of participant use
• Provides both audio and video

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• Disadvantages
• Provides no real-time interaction between
  presenter and participants (one-way
  communication)
• Allows interaction between presenter and
  participants to be achieved by one or a
  combination of telephone, e-mail, voice mail, and
  regular mail
• Confines broadcasts of educational programming is
  to station schedules
• Requires supplementary materials and follow-up
  for participants

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• Disadvantages (Continued)
• Requires participants to videotape the broadcast,
  if remediation is needed
• Requires participants to have a television and
  access to cable or public broadcast service
• Limits participants ability to call and interact
  with presenter during program broadcast

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Instructional Strategies for Incorporating Cable
and Broadcast Television
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Instructional Strategies

• Below is a listing of instructional strategies
  that may be supported by videotaped educational
  resources delivered via cable and broadcast
  television.
• Discussion
• Lecture
• Role-playing
• PowerPoint slides
• Self-instructional modules

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Instructional Strategies (Continued)

• Facilitator demonstrations
• Problem scenarios
• Panel discussion
• Case problems
• Tutorial assistance
• Demonstrations
• Guest speaker
• Self-directed learning

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Technical Requirements

• Access to television and cable television service
  
• Access to television and public broadcasting
  service